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European firms threaten mass P2P lawsuit
News Legal proceedings against US peer-to-peer users kicked off earlier this month when the RIAA sent out subpoenas to ISPs in preparation for filing hundreds of lawsuits against P2P users. Xavier Ribas, the principal Landwell lawyer on the case, argued...
[August 1, 2003, 10:55]
Australia won't disclose stance on encryption
News This is the first time ISPs have really cooperated.the government usually has to bend over backwards until its nose bleeds to get even a little cooperation," Chappell said. Alex Shiels, who runs a Web site relating to cryptography, censorship and...
[September 21, 2001, 10:32]
SMC ADSL Barricade g review
Reviews The ADSL Barricade g comes with half-a-dozen UK ISPs in a pick-list -- luckily my one was listed, but a few more choices would have been better. The SMC7804WBRA is backed by a five-year warranty and free technical support.
[April 30, 2004, 8:45]
Putting broadband to work
News However, some ISPs are now port scanning their own customers to check for open mail relays and other network-threatening vulnerabilities: port scanning per se is a fact of life. It won't do videoconferencing or intrusion logging, but is free -- and...
[November 6, 2002, 12:29]
AOL gives up UK race
News The signs don't look good: AOL UK's growth has been hit hard first by the boom in "free" ISPs, spearheaded by Freeserve, and more recently by a spate of cheap-and-cheerful unmetered services, which charge a flat rate for unlimited surfing.
[June 22, 2000, 15:04]
CallNet debut highlights need for unmetered access - Analysts
News ISPs hoping to gain revenues from cross subsidiary services, such as voice calls, will find themselves with the wrong sort of subscribers, the analysts said. The problems experienced by CallNet on its first day as the UK's first truly free Internet...
[November 2, 1999, 9:16]
Telewest responds to virus problems
News ISPs have increasingly been called upon to take action over the security and integrity of data travelling over their networks. At launch today the service is free of charge to all 850,000 blueyonder customers for an introductory period after which...
[August 23, 2005, 8:45]
Napster case makes strange bedfellows
News Librarians are part of a constituency, which includes ACLU members, some doctors, ISPs and consumer electronics manufacturers, who fear a ruling that closes Napster would have a grave effect on new technology companies and consumers.
[September 14, 2000, 15:09]
Hotmail sets email limits
News ISPs estimate that it has risen by more than 500 percent in the past 18 months. Microsoft's MSN Hotmail, a free Web-based email service, has tightened restrictions on daily outbound messages sent by subscribers, a tactic it says will help curb spam.
[March 24, 2003, 11:58]
Fonedata launches free wireless ISP
News Fonedata makes its money from a call charge deal, similar to most land line ISPs. WAPfone provides a gateway that enables access to online WAP content, independent of the UK's four major mobile networks.
[January 12, 2000, 9:52]
US legislators seek to ban spyware
News Internet service providers (ISPs) including America Online and EarthLink now distribute spyware-fighting tools, while independent programs such as Ad-Aware and Spybot Search and Destroy have gained large and loyal user bases on their own.
[March 4, 2004, 8:00]
Cisco targets security professionals with iPhone app
News The Cisco SIO To Go iPhone app gets its information from the company's Security Intelligence Operations (SIO) system which gathers information in real time from 700,000 sensors located at customer sites, ISPs and other sites around the world.
[November 20, 2009, 8:49]
Mitnick gets 46 months, £2,558 fine
News Mitnick pleaded guilty on March 26 to seven felonies, and admitted to cracking computers at cellular telephone companies, software manufacturers, ISPs and universities, as well as illegally downloading proprietary software from some of the victim...
[August 10, 1999, 9:39]
The Day Ahead: AOL Time Warner campaign under way
News Tuesday's open access pledge could potentially be a big deal as AOL Time Warner allows other Internet service providers (ISPs) to use Time Warner's cable assets. In any case, AOL Time Warner will make money, because nothing is free, and the access...
[March 1, 2000, 12:17]
Philadelphia pushes on with Wi-Fi plan
News ISPs and other providers will handle all billing, marketing, customer service and the at-home equipment needed to pick up the signals. The plan set a timetable for breaking even at the fourth year, with all free cash flow at that point reinvested...
[April 8, 2005, 9:35]
PGP Corporation sees potential of deperimeterisation
News PGP is working behind the scenes with telcos, ISPs and managed service providers to build security systems that integrate readily, said Dunkelberger. Eben Moglen, now the Free Software Foundation's lawyer, defended Zimmermann and the case was...
[June 9, 2006, 13:40]
Trade group: P2P not illegal or immoral
News ISPs and technology companies have separately made their own displeasure public in recent weeks. In his speech, Shapiro hit several familiar notes, saying that the music and movie companies should not "whine" about the inability to compete with...
[September 18, 2002, 8:02]
Pub 'fined £8k' for Wi-Fi copyright infringement
News According to Edwards, this is because "only the big six ISPs have the facilities to comply, and because the government agreed [in its legislation] to repay some of the costs [of retaining such records]".
[November 27, 2009, 17:03]
Developer considers McAfee suit after 'Trojan' error
News However, Griffiths said that even after McAfee sent out the changes to their DAT files, some customers who have not updated their personal computers will still not be able to access their ISPs. He added that developers can submit their program for...
[September 10, 2004, 11:10]
Lone file-swapper takes on recording industry
News It follows similar legal challenges from several Internet service providers (ISPs) and colleges, including Pacific Bell Internet Services, an SBC Communications subsidiary. Her lawyers are trying to obtain a free pass to download or upload music...
[August 22, 2003, 10:25]
